The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-15 00:00:00

The frigate thus launched is in many respects an improvement on what threatens to be the ordinary routine of ironclad ships of war in regard to the plating, though in oue respect its backing is very far from being an improvement. Her length over all is, in round numbers, 3`.',oft., her breadth extreme, 561., and her depth amid ships, 371 ft. Her tonnage is 4,220 tons; she is to have engines by Messrs. Salkeld and Co., of 900 nominal horse power, which can work up safely to 3,000, and her armament is to be 20 guns of the heaviest calibre which we yet know how to con struct, or at least to use with safety to the gunners. Vessel, guns, masts, and rigging,—in fact, every everything but crew, will be English, when she is delivered to the Turkish authorities in the Golden Horn, and she has been built under the inspection of officers of the Admiralty specially appointed for that purpose, and on the same plan of internal cone straction as that adopted in the Warrior. Minotaur, and other of the most celebrated vessels in our service. The improvement in the plating of the Mahmoud consists chiefly in making the plates thicker at the waterline, and gradually tapering them off as they rise to the level of the upper deck, so as to keep the great mass of dead weight as nearly as possible on a level with her centre of gravity, or line of flotation. At the water-line her plates are 51in. thick, lessening upwards in a gradual reduction of thickness to 41 in. She was launched with no less than 172 of these plates, weighing about 700 tons, fixed on, so that now only an equal number of thinner plates remain to be bolted on to make her fit for active service. Though only a vessel of the Hector and Valiant class, she is, unlike them, coated with armour plates from stem to stern, and fitted with a sub merged prow or beak, for use as a ram as opportu. nities may offer. This beak is of the kind now tolerably well known as the swan-breasted bow, which projects under water some 10ft. beyond the apparent bows, or what seems to be the actual length of the vessel. The theory of its use is, of course, that of striking an armour-clad enemy below the watereline, and therefore also below its armour. We, however, may venture Wetly that if the Mabmoud is to be armed with such a number of 300 and 150 pounder Armstrongs as it. is stated she is meant to carry, her beak will, after all, prove but a feeble auxiliary to her offensive powers, especially if she should realise the expecta tion@ confidently formed of her, and bo able to steam at the rate of 13 knots an hour. This beak, however, is strengthened entirely for running down purposes, and, though having a solid iron edge of only three inches wide, is formidably strengthened by wrought iron supports, which pass back into the main body of the ship behind. It is only in the backing behind the armour-plates that the Mahmoud appears to be inferior to the vessels of the Warrior and Black Prince class. The latter have transverse beams of teak 11 inches in thickness, the Mabmoud, like our Minotaur and Agincourt, has an additional inch of iron in her armour ; but to compensate for this increase of weight, has the teak behind it tednced from 18 to 9 inches. This alteration in the thick• ness of the backing was one of the most serious blunders the Admiralty ever made in their iron fleet though, fortunately, the mistake is robbed of half its ill effect by other Powers having weakly followed their example, and followed it too precisely, like our own Admiralty,without anything to guide their ' hasty judgment. All experiments in iron targets have shown that the thickness of the armoureplate is relatively of less importance than the strength of the backing which keeps it up to its work. Thus, the Warrior plates of 41 inches with 18 inches of teak behind have withstood the most concentrated fire, while the Minotaur target of 5i inches armour with 9 inches teak at once buckled and almost trampled up under the fire of even the smoothabore 68 pounders. The Minotaur would, no doubt, be a heavy overmatch for several of the old wooden s crew liners, but, on the other hand, so would the Warrior prove an overmatch for two or three iron Minotaars. The general build of the Sultan Mahmoud only illustrates another phase of the now useless struggle to make frigates of such strength as can defy ord nance of any strength. It is the old question of armour versus guns, and the guns keep always win ning, no matter what the thickness of the armour of seagoing frigates. This Turkish vessel is to carry 18 150-pounders, nine on each side, with two upper deck 300-pounders fitted amidships to fire fore and aft. Such an armament will be much above the re sisting powers of any arznourclad that floats, herself of course included, just as the wooden three-deckers are little more than basketwork as opposed to the 63-pounder and 10-inch shell guns of the old smooth bore artillery, In fact, the old armourelad knights and men - at-arms would stand as much chance against the Enfield rifle as armourclad ships stand against the rifled ordnance which this country at least possesses. That Mr Reed's Bellerophon may partly answer against light loaded 150-pounders has been shown, that it will not stand for a single shot of the 300-pounder is equally well established, and the Sultan Mahmoud has not more than half the resisting strength of the Bellerophon. After the launch visitors were entertained at an ample dejeuner given by the Thames Iron Company in the mould loft of the works. At this, after the usual loyal toasts had been given, " The Health of 'His Majesty the Sultan' was drunk aral.d loud applause. In reply t o this M. M MMUS, the Turki s h A m b as sad or, said —I beg to offer you my sincere thanks for the cordiality with which you have received the toast proposed in so ki nd a manner by the chairmanin h honour of my augu s t S overeign . I am vertlol see that the virtues:of m y gracious master Y are a s o nY known and apprrciated in thi s country. Sir.cewheis accession to the Throne his Imperial M jtrstY has devoted his earnest solicitude -°Promote the welfare t t of his vast empire, by reforming its financial system, introducing administrative imiirovements, increas ing the means of communication, establishing new schools, encouraging agriculture, commerce, an d industry, and thus opening for his subjects the road to wealth and moral prosperity. But his Majesty knows that, as in nature a good harvest cannot be relied upon under the mischievous influence of in clement and stormy weather, so withont external peace and internal order he cannot secure the suc cess of his noble end generous efforts. This Is the reason why one of his first objects is to make as perfect as possible the organisation of his army and navy, and bring their efficiency to the level of the high mission intrusted to him by Providence, the mission of maintaining peace and order in the E 39: The iron frigate Achilles, 20 guns, 6,079 tens, 1,250 horse power of engines, Capt. Vausittart, com menced her official trials in her sea-going trim yes terday, at Portsmouth, with her runs over the trial ground at the measured mile in Stokes-bay, with full boiler power, and in making her circles—also under full power. A gunboat left the harbour at 8 30 a.m., for Spithead, with the officials oa board to conduct the trial, the latter comprising Comman der Brett, of her Majesty's ship Asia; Messrs Ward and Murdock, of the Steam Factory and Steam Re serve Departments; Messrs Brain and Elliott, Assistant Master Shipwrights, &c, On the officials reaching the ship she at once steamed out from the anchorage to clear her fires in readiness to enter on the mile. It was nearly 11 a.m., however, before the ship commenced her first run, owing to a diffi culty experienced with her coals. The ship's draught of water was 25ft 6in forward, and 26ft 10in aft. She was not quite complete in all her stores, though the deficiency was but trifling, and she had 560 tons of coal in her bunkers, when she could have stowed 760 tons, The wind was moderately fresh, about 4 in strength, from E.N.E., with smooth water. The engines drive a four blade Mangin screw, the blades being fixed at equidistant intervals round the boss on the shafting, the diameter of the screw being 241 t bin and its pitch 26L Sin. The engines are pre• cisely the same power as those of the Warrior -1,250 horses—made from the same patterns and by the same makers, Messrs Penn. The ship's midship section is stated to be precisely the same as the Warrior's; in fact, she is a second Warrior, both in hull and engines, with the single but important exception that she is an Admiralty " im provement" on the Warrior, inasmuch that the Achilles has had her bilges pulled out a little, her floor also slightly lengthened forward, her ar mour plating carried up to her main deck above the water line round her bow and stern, her hull being also minus figurehead and quarter galleries, and four masts plat into her in lieu of the ordinary three. With these supposed improvements it might ream sonably have been expected that the Achilles would yesterday have beaten the Warrior in point of speed at the measured mile, but the contrary was the re sult, and the Warrior still retains her proud position as the fleetest ship under steam in her Majestys navy. The following are the results of the Achil les' run yesterday : No. of Time. Speed of ship. Steam. Vacuum. Rev. of Run. ms. Knots. Lb. Inches. Engines. 1 413 14.220 221 2G 491 2 5 6 11.764 23 25 49 3 4 3 14 815 231 251 491 4 5 8 11.668 22 26 :481 5 356 15'254 23 251 49f 6 516 11392 231 25 50 7 350 15.652 23 25 50 8 619 11.285 25 26 50 Throwing the two first runs out of calcula• tion, the remaining six give the ship a speed of knots of 13 419. To appreciate the exact value of this result we must refer to the ship's trial at light draught off the Maplin Sands in April hat, and the Warrior's trial in her seagoing trim in Oct., 1861. The Achilles on her light trial dro-r? 22ft Gin_ of water forward, and 23ft 91n aft, or a mean draught of 23ft 2in, and she attained a mean speed in her six runs over the measured mile of 14 357 knots. The Warrior, in her deep seagoing trim in October, 1861, drew 25ft Gin of water forward, and 26ft Sin aft, giving a mean draught of 25ft 111 in, end she attained a mean speed in her six runs over the mea• cured mile of 14 . 354 knots. The Achilles yesterday had thus a mean draught of water of 3ft in excess of her draught on her light draught trial in April last, and a mean draught of 21in in excess of that of the Warrior in October, 1861. Two and a half inches mean excess of immersion must necessarily have its due effect on a ship's speed at the measured mile; but it will not account for the knot difference in speed, for it cannot be really called less, between the Achilles and the Warrior, and the cause must, therefore, be looked for elsewhere. This cause may not possibly be found attached to any one point of difference between the two ships, but rather to several causes, the most prominent of which are— the substitution of a four-bladed " Mangin" screw in the Achilles for the two•bladed "Griffiths'' of the Walrior, and the extra weight imposed on the bows of the Achilles by the forward, or bow mast (as the ship has four masts there is a difficulty in naming them, so as to be understood clearly by the reader), and her topgallant forecastle. A ship can• not be loaded with impunity over its bows when sent on a trial of speed over the measured mile any more than a racehorse could be sent over the course at Newmarket with a heavy weight sus pended round its neck. The Achilles has, however, been thus unwisely weighted, and in her trial of yesterday she paid the anticipated, and, indeed, un avoidable, penalty in a commensurate lose of speed, if we attribute the greater portion of her loss to this cause and not to the change of screw alone, which may be fairly done. After the runs had been concluded over the trial ground in Stokes bay, the ship was tested in her turning powers in making circles with the following results:— To Port.—Half circle made in 4min. 21sec. ; full circle, Bmin. 36seo. ; angle of rudder, 25.5 ; turns of wheel, 3; men at wheel, 21 ; time in getting up helm, lmin, 4sec.; revolutions of engines, 47. To Starboard.—Half circle made in 4mia. 4sec. ; full circle, imin. 56sec. ; angle of rudder, 25'5; turns of wheel, 3; men at wheel, 18; time in get• ting up helm, lmin. 40sec.; revolutions of engines, 44. The next step and the final experiment of the day, was to test the engines in their working to signal, which give the following satisfactory results:— Engines stopped from time of moving telegraph on the quarterdeck bridge in 19sec., started ahead in 6sec., and from that position started astern in 16 secs. The engines made 13250 revolutions during the day, and their indicated power during the runs over the measured mile was, as near as possible, 5,000 horse. The temperatures taken during the first and last runs were— When On Engine Fore Aft taken. deck. room. stokehole. stokehole. Ist run 48 70 84 63 94 92 114 116 125 118 6th run 48 74 88 65 9) 104 118 123 130 128 Of the engines no particular description need be given, as they are counterparts of those of the Warrior, and they did their work quite as satisface torily yesterday as the Warrior's did on the day of her trial. More than this cannot be said in their favour, for the simple fact that it would be impos• sible to award them a higher meed of praise, They were in sole charge throughout the day of the chief engineer of the ship, Mr. J. Leys. M essrs . Penn were represented on board by Mr. Matthews, a member of the firm. As regards the ship herself and her general appearance, at a distance she looks with her four masts a very bad imitation of the Great Eastern, and this appearance will not be ines proved until the bow mast is taken out of her and her foremast proper is removed some 15 or 20ft. for ward of its present position. The forward or tow mast, ship's with its sq uare r i g, is not only an eyesore to Tia h . ip's g enera l appearance and retards her speed under stea m , as was proved in yesterday's trial, but . it is also a ll b ut useless when the ship cisuvnad:risenatlot, for if the wind i s well aft the beam its an wanted, and if the wind is at all sh, rt, er on the bow, its canvas cannot be made use for its yards of the cannot be braced op s h arp, owing to ,he had stays and other gear, This mistake in the st • ' s rig, The 19th ordinary general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the Londcm Tavern— Mr T. Farquhar in the chair. Mr G. Groves, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an ab stract of whieh has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that at the meeting held that time last year they had paid the same dividend es they pro. posed to pay on the present eccasion; They had to draw on sums at the credit of revenue, to make up the dividend last year ; but, although they now proposed to pay the same dividend, the whole amount of it would be paid out of the profits of the year; and they hoped in future to have better re sults. This dividend was earned without any addi tional aid from the new railways now in progress of construction. The works on the branch of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway were ad vancing in front of the Palace, but they had not yet the benefit of any traffic from that line, but would probably next year. The result of the year's working consisted in having received £72,a00 against £58,600 in 1863, showing an increase of £13,900 from the pure and legitimate traffic of the company. That had enabled them to supply the deficiency in the profits of last year, and he hoped in future they would realise better results. (Hear.) 'That was the main item, and it enabled them to pay 2s. a share, or 2 per cent, dividend, without inter ferit, with any 13.gepagary oathsy on the buila.ug, which was being gradually improved in value. Is was originally conetruc!ed in a hasty manner, in the course of which improper materials were used that no doubt were suitable materials for the build. ing in Hyde Perk, but not for a permanent purpose. Tney had heretofore to repair and improve the building out of revenue, and everything was now done to render it permanent. It was very satis factory to:the Board that after a careful inspection by Mr. Nasmyth, who was one of the best autho rities on the subject, the building was found by him to be in a very effioient aad substantial state. He considered that the repairs and improvements had been executed in a substantial manner for perman ence and stability, and at the same time they were done most economically for the benefit of the coma pang. With regard to their prospects for the coming year they had made satisfactory arrangements with the Sacred Harmonic Society for carrying out the Handel Fes tival on a scale of magnitude and completeness surpassing even former festivals, They would not have on that occasion to go"to the expense of pre paring an orchestra for the purpose, because that part of the building was now camplete, and conse quently next year they expected a much better re• suit in connexion with that subject. He then adverted to a circular that had been sent to the shareholders by some one proposing that the salary of Mr Bewley should be doubled, but Mr Bowley had had nothing whatever to do with it, and he (the chairman) thought that it was the work of some enemy, but such a question could not be brought forward at that meeting. He was happy to say that Mr Bowley, their excel:ent manager, was perfectly content to remain as he was, and the directors were perfectly content to retain him. (Hear, hear.) Mr A. ANDERSON seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr WILSON considered that various items of ex penditure for repairs acid other matters were larger then they need be; he thought that the external gardens were very beautiful, and had been main tained at a considerable saving of expense. Mr Goa* said it appeared to him very satisfac tory, from the accounts, that the attractions of the Pal lee had increased, and he trust( d that a still larger number of the 3,000,000 in London would be attrict d to that delightful place when the Loudon and Chatham Rail - ie ay from Ludgate-hill to the front of the Palace was completed and in operation. (Hear, hear,) He suggested that some arrangement should be made with the Chatham Company for in cluding the railway fare in the price of the season tickets to and from the Palace. He thought the competition of the new company would enable then* to accomplish so desirable a matter, which they could not induce the Brighton Company to do. By facilitating the access to the Palace he believed the number of season tickets would be increased. The shops at the Palace were very attractive, and the prices were reasonable. The refreshment department was, he thought, well conducted. He suggested that if some of the walks were asphalted it would add much to the comfort of visitors, and would be appreciated by the public. The orchestra might be greatly improved by the erection of screens made of light wood, so placed as to send back the sound to the central portion of the audience, w here the music was not so well heard as at the sides. He had been travelling in Italy and over the Continent lest summer, and he did not believe there was a more beautiful spot in all Europe than their Palace and grenade. Mr PUNCHER believed that every department was conduced in a proper manner, and suggested that 43 small a sum as posoible should be expended o❑ specialties. They had expended daring the past year £24,800 o❑ special attractions, but if they bad expended only £14,800 there would have been £lO,OOO more for dividend, which would have given them an additional 1 per cent. Mr ELIOART suggested that the officials c.l u 1 d in some way be interested in increasing the dividends; and that as soon as possible they should sell off the houses on the Dulwich-wood property. Mr WILSON objected to that course, and main tained it was for the interest of the company to keep that property and use the income. The CHAIRMAN repliedto the various observations. The expenditure alluded to by Mr Wilson was for repairs and new boilers; another we's for the re- The receipts for the fortnight ending the 30th of November amounted to £10,561, and for the corres ponding period of last year to £8,736, showing an increase of £1,825. The receipts since tha com mencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May, including the above, amounted to £165,766, showing an increase as compared with the corres ponding period of last year of 122,670. The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £4,265, or 40.39 per cent., and for the corresponding period of last year to £3,911, or 4510 per cent., ehowisg an increase of £325. The working expenses from the Ist of May to the 30th of November last amounted £59,916, or 36.14 per cent,, and thoee for the year 1863 64 were 3S 16 per cent. of the receipts. RAILWAY BENEVOLENf INSTITUTION. Tne half-yearly meeting of the members took place yesterday at King's-cross Station; Mr H. Oakley in the chair. Mr MILLS, the Secretary, read the report, which congratulated the members on the steady progress of the institution. The net balance was £8,935, which in the previous year was £6,879, and in 1862, £5,134. The subscriptions for the year amounted to £998. During the year 350 officers and clerks had joined the institution, but still many distressing cases could not be relieved because the head of the family was not a subscriber. It etas proposed to uave a urriaunity fund - tur -- -ei-r., t..mporary ussiotanco by:a donation not exceeding £5, The CHAIRMAN, iu moving the adoption of the report, adverted to the laudable (ff iris of the friends of the institution in extending its ramifications. There had been an increase in the subscriptions of £220, and they looked forward to a still further increase next year. The number of members was very large, and, as an instance, he might say that of the 800 clerks in the Great Northern Company, 25 per cent. were members, and it was hoped that that per tentage would i shortly be considerably in. course. Mrin other railway eosse motion, which was creased. It was the ntehtion of the Board to endeavour to induce deed same t tbeol k e companies ß Ro to oK follow s ee oo nth carried unanimously. Annuitiesthen granted to three per o of w l id l o O w e g ae o h er f w late e members, and a late station master. sons—tw approving the Bite,. to theessuaityFund, chairman closed the a r p a nr t o A d i c o ea n r e e dv o s f io o nt i t e u g h t s e o i . rules l w h e a s a n s w k t i s h t h e tnroePgtlatisrsect Launch of a Turkish Ironclad. Yesterday the future iron navy of the Ottoman Empire received its first small instalment towards ultimate completion by the successful launch of the ironclad frigate Sultan Mahmoud from the yard of the Thames ironworks at Blackwell. With this launch was almost completed the list of European powerE—certainlyofEuropean naval powers—which have sought the aid of this country to clrry out the new idea of naval reconstruction. With the excep tion of the Federal turret and cupola ships, and the first two iron frigates which were built in Franca fdr the Italian Government, there is not a foreign ironclad of note which has not been constructed here. The Federal turret ships have at best only at tained a most dubious success. What the Franco- Italian vessels will be remains to be proved, but the success of the Russian, the Prussian, the Danish vessels launched in the Thames has been placed be yond a doubt. The Turkish frigate sent afloat yes terday will, it is to be hoped, for the sake of our national credit in naval architecture, be as success ful as the rest, and as those now building for Spain and Italy are expected to prove. Notwithstanding very inclement nature of the day there was a large and fashionable audience to witness the launch at Blackwell yesterday, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, with Mde. and Mdlle. Masurus, the Turkish Consul General, Mr Gadhan, and a number of distinguished foreigners being present. The mere launch Ras effected with the ease and certainty which seem as a matter of course to attend all these operations at the Thames Ironworks, and within a minute after her release from the stocks the Sultan Mahmoud was floating easily and gracefully on the river, almost before the cheers which greeted her departure were half over. Mdlle. Musurus, the eldest daughter of the Turkish Ambassador, had the honour of christening this fine frigate. and this is the reason why, two years ago, he or• dered the construction in England of this and some other similar armour-plated vessels. Ycu see, there* fore, that the military precautions of my Sovereign are taken with purely defensive purposes. In that he imitates other powerful nations, who, although making warlike preparations, are not less animated with pacific views. This, I believe, is natural. Peace aria order can be better kept in a society of lions than in a mixed society of sheep and wolves. But I tell you seriously that the sole object, the ardent wish of his Imperial Majesty is that his reign may be a reign of peace, a reign of moral and material happiness for his people. Many other vessels, both for English companies and foreign Powers, are building at the Thames Iron Works Yard, and in the slip adjoining that from which the Sultan Mabmond was yesterday launched is a fine ironclad frigate of 4,800 tons. building Er the Spanish Government. The Achilles. rn E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1864. however, oannot be justly laid on the Admiralty, as it must be fresh in the minds of everyone who pays attention to such matters that the majority of people, naval- officers included, were smitten with the idea that our long ships required more than three masts; and this idea was cherished and promulgated right and left without perhaps due consideration being given to the effect such an addition to a ship's masts ing would have upon her balance when under sail. The Achilles is the first vessel we have treated in this way, and as her efficiency has been seriously impaired, the sooner we revert in her case to the wisdom of our forefathers the better for the ship. The hull of the Achilles when seen in close proximity has a handsome sheer well out of the water at her line of ports, a clean round stern, and a very hand some bow, over which project her light bowsprit and jibboono. In board she has a floe roomy upper deck with a topgallant forecastle, the latter very much in the way when work is going on uader the direction of the officer in charge forward, and should be taken out of the ship with the bow mast. The general fittings of the upper deck have - been executed in a manner that reflects the highest credit on the officials of Chatham Dockyard. Among the most noticeable of these fittings is a braes standard counter, with a dial which gives the direction of the engines and the number of revolutions they ere making, and a very cleverly executed light line of railway between and round the funnels, for transporting the ashes when hoisted from below. The ship's armament on the upper deck consists of four 110-pounder breech loading Armstrong guns. The main deck fittings have been executed with the same care and efficient arrangement as those of the upper deck. On the main deck the ship carries 16 smooth-bore guns (coil built Armstrongs) of 9.22 inch calibre, throw ing round shot of 100 lb. weight. These are the guns which have been, as a compliment to his Grace the Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Admi ralty, termed the " Somerset" gun, and certainly they possess good smashing powers for smooth. bores when firing steel shot with their full powder charges. On deck and below the ship is in excel lent order, and a great amount of work must have been expended by her captain and officers to have got her and her crew into their present condition during the comparatively short time the ship has been in commission. To-day the ship will make her trial with half boiler power, weather permitting. Railway and other Companies. CRYSTAL PALACE. newal of some of the external statues with substan tial materials. The heating apparatus must be re placed, and everything had to be kept up in a sound state and in good order. As to the season tickete, they hoped to make an arrangement with the Chat ham and Dover Company, as suggested by Mr Goez. With regard to asphalting the walks, he considered that as a luxury, and not a necessity. Ho would, however, give every attention to his suggestions respecting the orchestra. the directors were most careful of t xpenditure, but everything must be done in that establishment in an efficient manner, and worthy of a great company. They had not yet got the individual leases for the Dulwich wood property, but they hoped soon to be able to sell the houses on it. They had recently let a part of the land for £2OO a year. The directors had now ten years' experience, and were beginning to understand their busines; they hoped, with the able astistance and guidance of their excellent ma nager, to accomplish in future more satisfactory results. The report was then unanimously adopted, and on the motion of Mr. PETTARD, seconded by Mr. PUNCHER, a special vote of thanks was given to the directors, to Mr. Bowley, the manager, to sir. Groves; the secretary, and the heads of departments, for their constant exertions in promoting the inte rests of the company. tickets, which were given up and handed to the guard, with directions to deliver them to the stationmaster at Hitchin, and get the right names of the parties. Mr Martin said they had threatened to do for him when he got out of the train. John Eaton and William Bamford, the guards of the train on the 13th of November, confirmed the evidence as above given of a complaint having been made that a gentlenan in the train had been insulted, and the two defendants were also identified as having been at the station at Irchester and wanting to smoke in a carriage, and also as having been seen on the platform of Oakley station walking from the direction of the carriage in which Mr Martin was seated towards the third class, where they were found. Mr Jeffery, addressing the Bench, said that the guard had reported the occurrence in the u,,ual way. (The report was handed in.) As Mr Scott was not able to attend, that was all the evidence he had to bring forward. Mr Shepherd, for the defendants, urged that whatever had been said was only in "chaff," arising cut of the defendants considering that Mr Martin made himself disagreeable by objecting to smoking or having the windows open. The defendants were men of the highest re spectability, and would never be guilty of using the dis gusting and disgraceful language which Mr Martin had detailed. If the Bench would allow his clients to give evi dence one for the other, the real facts would be manifest, which certainly at present was not she case. The Chairman slid,—We are quite satisfied that the case is distinctly proved, and we are sorry to find that people of such good character and position should have been brought hero having been guilty of such foolish conduct, not to say worse. We inflict the full penalty and full costs. NORTH-EASTERN. A special general meeting of the Stockton and Darlington section of the above company was held yesterday, in Darlington, for the purpose of con sidering an offer which had been received for the purchase of the shares held by the company in the Derwent and Consett Iron Company (limited); Colonel Stobart presided. The offer was to purchase the shares in the Con sett Iron Company (limited), which had been placed at the disposal of the company, for the sum of £65,000, including interest, to be paid by 10 yearly instalments of £6,500 each on January 1 in each year, commencing the Ist of January, 1865. The number of shares was 6,406, with £7 10s. per share paid, and subject to a further call of L 2 108. per share, to which the purchasers would be liable. Atter some discuEsion, it was resolved that the above offer be accepted, and that the directors be authorised to carry the same into effect. It was also agreed that the reserve fund, amount ing to £82,282, should be applied in full cancella• tion of the debt owing by the Consett Iron Company. It was stated that the f 6,500 a year would give about half per cent. per annum on the ordinary share capital of the Darlington section of proprietors. DU FCII-RHENISH. Assault in a Railway Carriage. sessions for the Sham broOonkldinveissideanYoafftßerenolofoorndsahtitrhe,e hpeeltdtyat Bletsoe, before Lord St. John, chairman, Mr W. Robtrts, of. King's Walden, Hertfordshire, and Mr Wm. Howlll, of Nether Crawley, nmons taken out by the d L i u re to c n ro , rs fa o r f m r e h rs e , s a i ps l e a a n r d ed it to , ja u YCompany, to answer ai ri s a charge of having committed, a bree c h o f N o. 5 of the bye laws on Sunday, Nov. 13. The cat° had been postponed in consequence of the illness of the principal witness, who had suffered severely from the attack Whi ch Was made' on him: Mr John Jeffery, traffie inspect or of the Midland Railway, said underthe su m a m by on . I s a ‘ N i, v ., a as takenf which h out b? the comp any ' s autho ritye at in an authentic copy. The magistrate's clerk read it as fellows:—" Any person found in a railway carriage or estal on i n a state of intoxi cation, or committing any nuisaree, or otherwise wilfully interfering with the comfort of Ob er passengere, is hereby subjected 'to a penalty not eZ edina 405., and shall immediately, or, if travelling, at the first opportunity, be removed from the compa n r e Henry Martin then said—l was 4 premises." Mr passenger on Sunday evening, November 13, from Leicester, in a second-class carriage, having passed the day at the bedside of a son who is now past hope of recovery. i a Nils alone as far as the Ir cheater station, and there the twe defendants entered the compartment in which I was. 1 btlieve they were the first to speak. One of them said it " master, we mean to smoke here whether you like it or int." My re ply w a s that I had not made any objection to sffoking, and had not had time to do so. One of them sa id "' Who the hell are you 2 " I can hardly say which of them mai( that, for I was terror stricken, and they both chimed in se that I could hardly say which of them spoke first. The one I know to be Howell said to the other, "Give me a light," down both window,, and one said Roberts said, " He has no business here —w e 'll b low hire out. " They then let " lle's a bankrupt, and only dares travel on a S un d ay, " They evidently alluded to me. I think it was Robert s w h o then mid ho would throw me out. Howell said " We'll serve him at Briggs was serve d an d then we'll throw him out," and at that moment I would have given all I possessed to have had some moans of communi cating with the guard. This was on tlin evening before the execution of Muller for the murder of Mr Briggs. Howell then said, "I am Tom King, and I'll make an end of him in three minutes and a half," Ho tucked up his sleeves and said, putting his fist in my face, "I'll maFe an end of him the He stood up in the earflap. I vas sitting, and he said "Stand up, you—_"" Then he Eqaared np to me and put one fist in my face and hit at me with the other, and at that moment 1 became terror-stricken. Ile then put one fist in my face and made as though he would strike me on the eye, and then I became partly unconscious. I have never . been so well since a s t o attend to b us iness es usual. %V hes I came to myself I found they wore gone. When I got to the next station Roberts came to the window and was again abusive, when Mr Scott, o f L e i ces t e r, overheard him, and came into the carriage and asked me to join them in the next one. That, I think, was the station before we got to Bedford. I did not hear distinctly what when he came Co the carri age ag ain ; but he used Roberta filthy s language. There was a light i n the compartment in which I was, and also in the one into which I after welds got. l.t was not a light night, as it was raining very hard. The person who asked me to come into the nest carriage went and made the complaint. M r G e orge Vickers, the station master at Oakley, proved that a complaint was made that a gentleman had bean grossly insulted Eby two persons. Mr Martin was the complainant ; and said they had threatened to murder him and throw him oat of the carriage as J3riggs wee served. The two persons were pointed out to him, and ho noticed them get out of a secondeclass carriage and go down the platform. They got into a th4d-class carriage, and wit ness went and asked for their names and addresses. T ney t first efused to give them, bat when witness had asked twice or three times Roberts said his came was Simmends, of Balduck, and the offer one said, "Mine is the same." They refneerl to give any other names. lie demanded their The evidence in support of the charge against the pri soner was of the most conclusive description, and it was currently rumoured on Tuesday that, although counsel had been retained by the prisoner's friends to defend him, it was his determination to plead guilty to the charge. He was, however, advised not to take that course, as it could not possibly benefit him, and he therefore pleaded not guilty. From the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution it appeared that the deceased was a woman about the same age as the prisoner, or rather younger. She had been married, and had two grown-up children, and upon the death of her husband she had taken up her abode at Chidwell Heath, in this county, and obtained her livelihood by going out to work as a charwoman, and she was always regarded as a sober, industrious woman. She became acquainted with the prisoner at this place. He was a labourer, but there seemed to be no doubt that he was an idle, worthless fellow; but notwithstanding this, the deceased seemed to have consented to go to live with him as his wife, and they cohabited together for some time, The conduct of the prisoner towards her, however, appeared to have been so bad that the deceased determined to break off the connexion that existed between them, and ehe left him about three months before she came to her untimely end, and wont to live at the cottage of an aged man named Warren, at Chidwell Heath, as a sort of housekeeper. The old man had a son, James Warren, and an intimacy seemed to have sprung up between the deceased and this young man, and they were engaged to be married, and the banns had been published, and the marriage was to have taken place on the Saturday week following the day on which the murder was committed, which was the 24th of September. The prisoner seemed to have been very angry at the deceased leaving him, and upon several occasions he appeared to have entreated her to resume the connexion be tween them, but she always refused to do so, and the pri ' soner upon several occasions was heard to utter dreadful threats against her, and he was repeatedly heard to say that if she did not live with him again he would have her life. A remarkable conversation appeared to have taken place between the prisoner and the deceased about six weeks be fore the murder: The latter, it appeared, had been to a public-house called the White Horse, which is a short dis tance from the cottage where she was residing, and ;he saw the prisoner there. He called her out, and he then asked her whether there was any chance of their coming together again. The deceased told him that there was not, and said that he had had an opportunity of making her his wife if he had chosen to do so, but that now that was past, and he had behaved so ill to her, she was going to be married to another man, and they could never come together again. The prisoner then said to her, " Milly (which was the name the deceased was familiarly known by), then you must die," rhe deceased rejoined, " It I do, you will have to die, too" —and they then parted. The murder, as above stated, was committed on the 24th aepteeenee, and hetween 10 and 11 o'clock iu the morning. The:old man Warren, it appeared, went out about half-past 10 o'clock for the purpose of fetch ing some beer, leaving the deceased in a small washhouso or building adjoining the cottage, in the act of washing. He re *rued in the course of a very short time, and went into the washhouse and saw the unhappy woman apparently in the act of taking some clothes out of the copper and leaning over it. He called out to her, " Milly, dear, here is the beer," and was surprised at not receiving any answer. He went up to her and put his arm round her and, to his horror, she fell upon him and forced him to the ground, and he observed that her throat was cut, and she gave one sigh and then died. Aa soon as the poor old man had recovered from tho shock he gave an alarm, and Mr Bowers, a surgeon residing at Romford, was soon upon the spot, and upon examining the deceased ho discovered she had received three frightful wounds on the throat, one of which had divided the carotid artery, and must have caused almost instantaneous death, and the injuries were of such a character as to preclude the possibility of their having been inflicted by herself. It was evident that a foul and brutal murder had been committed, and suspicion at once fell upon the prisoner as the perpe trator of the crime. The facts which were disclosed left no doubt that this suspicion was well founded. It appeared that on the eaorning of the murder, and very shortly before it was committed, the prisoner met a man named Turner, and after some conversation had passed between them, the prisoner made use of the observation that " he would hear of some thing presently," and he then went to the hedge and took out what appeared to be a knife, and the evidence left no doubt that he must have proceeded almost immediately to the cottage and watched until the old man left, and then rushed upon the unfortunate woman while she was in the act of washing, and have cut her throat before she had any opportunity to give an alarm, and he then made his escape, leaving her in the condition in which she was found by the poor oid man when he returned with the beer, and the medical man was of opinion that no struggle what ever took place. A police-constable of the K division, named Dunmow, who had been sent for, upon examining the garden, saw marks of footsteps csf a peculiar description which were at once recognised as those of the prisoner, and the constable and several oth( r persons at once set off in pursuit of him. The footsteps led them to a pond, about a mile from Warren's cottage; and on the banks of this pond there were indications of a man, wearing corduroy trousers similar to those worn by the prisoner, having kneeled down, possibly for the purpose of washing himself, and in this pond a cap, belonging to the prisoner was discovered, with some marks on it which were believed to be blood, and which had been thrown into the pond with a brick in it for the purpose of making it sink. About 30 yards from the cottage there was also picked up a knife, such as is commonly used to kill pigs with, which turned out to have been in the possession of the prisoner on the morning of the murder. This knife was very sharp and covered with blood, and it was clear that it was the weapon with which the prisoner had committed the crime, and that he had thrown it away after he left the cottage. The pur suit of the prisoner was continued; and after Dunmow and the others had gone a considerable distance they saw the prisoner jump over a hedge into a plantation, when the con stable followed him, and the prisoner was discovered con cealed under a hedge. The first question that was put to him was, whether he had been at Chadwell Heath that morning. He replied that he had not ; and the officer then said that he should take him into custody on suspicion of having murdered his old sweetheart. He made no answer, and upon his his clothes being examined, it appeared that they were wet up to the chest, as though he had been in a pond ; his waistcoat and trousers were very bloody, the cuffs of his jacket were torn off, and he had no cap. These cuffs were afterwards picked up in a field through which the pri soner had wined during hie flight, and they were found to be completely saturated with blood. The above were the principal points in the case, and it will be seen that they tended most conclusively to establish the charge against the prisoner. A great many witnesses were examined for the prosecu tion. One of them, named Rogers, deposed to the following extraordinary facts :—He said he was in the habit of at tending Romford market, and he did so one Wednesday in the month of August last, which was about three weeks before the murder was committed. On his way home he stopped with his horse and cart at the White Horse publio• house on Chadwell-heath, and ho saw the prisoner there and asked him to mind his horse and cart while he went into the house to have some refreshment, and he sent the prisoner some bread and cheese and porter. When he went out he noticed that the prisoner seemed to be very dejected and low-spirited, and he observed to him that he appeared to have something on his mind, and he replied that he had. [To pressed him to disclose to him what it was that troubled him, and the prisoner then said, " Well, I have been looking for a woman for a month to hal, a her blood. I saw her once, but I was too drunk to attack her, and I thought that if I did she would be able to give an alarm." The witness, who is a member of the Jewish persuasion, urged the pri soner not to entertain such feelings, observing that he never heard of their people (the Jews) doing such things. The prisoner then said—l have sworn to do it, and do it I will. The witness then said that perhaps he would think better of it, to which the prisoner replied, " Look here, Sir, I have had a month to consider of it, and surely if in that time I don't rcdect on it, I shall not ROW ; 1. and he then pulled out a knife, and wished him to look at it, but he refused to do so, and as he wee going the prisoner said, "Good bye, Sir; Henry Augustus Munns, who was convicted of wounding a young woman named Charlotte Turimr, in a transport of jealousy, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, was brought up for judgment late on Tuesday evening, and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. NORTHERN CIRCUIT',—LmitrooL, DEO. 13, CROWN COURT, (BLfore Mr Justice Mellor.) Sarah Wearthy, a married woman, was charged with having caused the death of her mother, Catherine Rico, a woman upwards of 70 years of age. Mr Peel prosecuted ; prisoner was undefended. On Aug. 13th a surgeon saw the body of the deceased, who had died during the previous night ; he found eight se vere bruises about the breast, neck, and shoulders, and also that the collar bone and six of the ribs were broken, four of the ribs being broken in several places. These injuries were sufficient to cause death, and must have been produced by kicks or blows from a heavy instrument, and in the sur geon's opinion could not have been inflicted more than 48 hours before death. _ . A police-constable w_.s culled, who proved that in the month of July, being attracted by the moans of the old woman, he entered the house and found the prisoner using most revolting language towards her mother, and kicking her violently about the breast, shoulders and abdomen ; she was also striking her severely with a thick stick. He fur ther proved that some days previous to Ler death the old woman made complaint to him of the prisoner's violence. His Lordship directed the jury that however strong the suspicion against the prisoner might be, and however much they might desire that she should be punished for her re volting conduct, yet in the absence of evidence that she had beaten her mother within 48 hours of death, they must ac quit the prisoner. The prisoner was then acquitted. OXFORD CIRCUIT—WOACESTY.R ) Dec, 14. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr Justice Byles,) George Smith and Charles Carr were charged with bur glary at the house of George Evans on tho 30th July last, at She'sley Kingly, and stealing articles of clothing there. Mr Best was for the prosecution. The prisoners were not defended. After the prosecutor and his family had retired to rest on the night of July 30, about 1 o'clock, the prosecutor heard a noise in his shop, Ho armed himself with a revolver and went down. He there found the two prisoners packing up some trousers and other things in a bundle. He showed them his revolver and threatened to use it if they offered re sistance. Smith came towards him and struck him, upon which the prosecutor fired off his revolver. and struck him several times on the head with it. Carr then came towards him and he also struck Carr with the revolver, and ulti mately gave them into custody, The prisoners seemed to consider that as they had not carried off the goods they could not be guilty of stealing, but after his lordship summed up, The jury found a verdict of guilty against both prisoners, His Lordship sentenced eaoh of them to five years' penal servitude. Edward Wilkes was indicted for damaging the dwelling houses of one John Haywood, at Queen's-cross, Dudley, on the 11th October last, by the explosion of gunpowder. Mr Mottsram was for the prosecution. The prisoner was not defended. The prisoner is a collier at work at Spring's Mire, under Lord Dudley, at Dudley, awl was working at the time of the explosion at reduced prices. e prisoner was on strike. Haywood went to bed at about 10 at night on the 10th October. The house was a four roamed house, and contained besides himself his wife and eight ch;ldren. At about 10 minutes past 4 o'clock in the morning tie was awoke by the sound of smashing glass. He then saw fleshes from gunpowder, and heard en explosion and the sound as of footsteps running away. He lit a candle and went down. Before going to bed he had put up the shut ters of the window of the ground-floor room. The shutters did not reach the top of the window and when he come down he found a pate of glass above the shutters broken, and that the mortar had been scattered under the window. He also found a hat, a cork, in which was a hole for a fuse, and a match which had been lighted. There was also found, within a few yards, part of a breakfast-con, which had contained powder. A married daughter of the pri soner was at her father's house on the night in question; and she stated that About 3 o'clock in the morning her mother and the prisoner came home, and after they had been in a short time two men, named Jervons and Foxall, came and said, " Come, let us go and get a -- up in time this morning ;" and then her father put on his boots and went out with them and did not return until half-pest 6 o'clock. A man named Frank Bennett was taken up on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage. On the 13th of October the prisoner stated to a relative of Bennett's that Bennett was innocent, and that the hat that was found was his, and that he had lost it at the bother at queen's cross, but that it (the bother) was not done to hurt the naan, but only to frighten him, The prisoner stated to Police Superintendent Burton how it had happened that he had gone with the two men; and added that he should not have gone if he had not been drunk. The prisoner now stated in his defence that when he started with the two men he only went out for a walk, and had no knowledge of their intentions until they got near to Haywood's house, when one of them produced a bottle with gunpowder in it, and that then he refused to go any further, and when he heard the explosion he was frightened and ran away, and in so doing his hat dew off, which he was too alarmed to pick up. The prisoner had borne a good character hitherto, His lordship left it to the jury to say whether the offence had been committed, or only an attempt made to commit it, and whether there was any intention to damage the house, persons being therein, and, if so, whether tho two men, Jervons and Email, had that intention, and then whether the prisoner participated in it. The jury found &verdict of Guilty of the aCempting to commit the felony.: Sentence deferred. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Yonic, Due. 13. (Before Mr Justice Keating.) Last night the jury, after an absence of three hours and a half, returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, against Alice 'Wilson, whm was tried on the charge of having murdered her son. his lordship passed sentence of death, but said ha would forward the recommendation of mercy to the proper quarter. A few other cases were tried to-day of no public interest, and thus ended the business for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. LADY FRAN KLIN---1 widow of the celebrated Arctic explorer and dise,v , : , rer is residing at prsarnat_at Barcelona, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME CIRCUIT.—CHELMSFORD, Dec. H. (Before Baron Channell ) THE MURDER ON CHIDWELL HEATH. Francis Wane, 44, alias Taddy, a great -hulking fellow, six feet high, with deformed feet, was charged upon an in dictment, and also by the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of Amelia Blunt, on the 27th of September, by cutting her throat. Mr Poland and the Hon, Dudley Campbell conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Treasury, instructed by Mr Bourne, of Romford . ; the prisoner was defended by Mr Wooll et t. God bless you; if you are in any part of England and per use the papers within a month, you will see that I have had her blood." The witness added that he thought no more of what had taken place until he read an account of the murder in he newspapers, and he immediately went down to Ilford and informed the police of what had taken place between him and the prisoner, and recognised him as the man with whom he had had the conversation. Some other evidence that was adduced was also of a re markable character. This was a proof of statements repre sented to have been made by the prisoner to two men, named Hart and 0 wtrim, who were at the time in confinement in Ilford Gaol, one for an assault, and the other for stealing some grass. The prisoner was placed in the cell with these two men while he was under remand, and it seemed, oddly enough, that he was under th•o impression that murderers were always c mfitr.d together, and that ;hese two prisoners were charged with th it crime, and that consequently they were at liberty to say what they pleased to one another. Acting upon this impression, it appeared that the prisoner in the course of conversation told those men that he was charged with the murder of a woman he had lived with two years, and that she had braen up his home and refused to live with him again, and he had cut her throat. He said he was sorry for what he had done, and the thought had only come into his head about 10 minutes before he did it. One of the witnesses asked him how he thought he should get on, and he replied that he did not think he had a chance, as so many people got round him directly after it happened that he was not able to get away. The prisoner also appeared to have said that he met the woman on the morning of the murder, and that she refused to speak to him, and that shortly afterwards he saw a man named Turner, and told him what he was going to do, and he was afraid that this would go very much against him. After the prisoner was apprehended he was taken to the place where the deceased was lying dead, and upon some one observing that he should not 1 ke to touch the poor thing, the prisoner exclaimed, " I should not mind touch ing her 40 times." John James Warren, a labouring man, appareLtly about 40 years old, the person to whom the deceased was to have been married, proved that the banns of the marriage had been published twice at Dagenham Church, and that they were to have been published for the last time en the Sun day, the day following that on which the murder was com• mitted. Mr Woollett put several questions to the different wit nosses in cross-examination, but was unable to elicit any thing that at all tended to shake the evidence given by them, or to alter in any way the complexion of the case as it af fected the prisoner. The learned counsel for the prisoner made an able address to the jury in his behalf, and endeavoured to show that he was not in a state of mind to be responsible for his conduct at the time the act was committed, The learned judge having summed up, The jury retired at half-past 4 to deliberate upon their verdict, _ They returned into court in less than a quarter of an hour and gave a verdict of guilty. The learned judge having put on the black cap, proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner. He said he en tirely concurred in the verdict, and it appeared to him to be impossible, upon the evidence that had been adduced, for them to have arrived at any other conclusion than that ho was guilty of the crime of which he had been accused. He then proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner did not exhibit the slightest emotion during anyperiod of the trial, and when the learned judge had con cluded, he turned round and walked deliberately away from the bar. The trial lasted nearly seven hours. LAW INTELLIGENCE,,—Dec., 14. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius after Term, at Guildhall, b,fore Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) HOOKER V. BURNABY, This was an action for an assault. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr Sergeant Ballantine and Mc Prentice were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr Huddleston, and Mr H. James iffetq counsel for the defendant. Mr Sergeant Ballantine described the assault complained of as a most gratuitous and brutal one. Ho said the plaintiff, Mr Hooker, is a gentleman of property, residing near Tun b idge Wells, having extensive rights of shooting, over his own and adjoining land, and the defendant is Lieutenant Burnaby, of the Blues. The plaintiff invint., , got into peal" niary difficulties through the default of his wife's truste-I divided the shooting expmses with aMr Westcar. In the middle of September last Mr Westoar, accompanied 1,7 the defendant, went down for some shooing. On the thly in question the plaintiff and defendant and oi hers shot toge ther, and afterwards dined together, not separating until a late h,.ur, On the following morning the whole of the parties met in the shooting &Id ; when the defendant made an insulting remark to the plaintiff, to which he replied rather s' arnaly. Strong language passed between them, en d the matter apparently dropped ; but about two hours after wards, the plaintiff having laid down his gun, the defendell.f walked up to him and inquired of him if he intended to S P O. logise. He replied he should not, upon which defendant immediately struck him violently several blows in the fact ) * and in a most brutal manner kicked him again and again. The defendant by his brutal conduct had inflicted severe injuries upon an inoffensive man, and he called upon the jury to mark their sense of the defendant's conduct by visit ing him with exemplary damages. Evidence having been given, Mr Huddleston addressed the jury in mitigation of do.' mages. A verdict was given for the plaintiff—damages £l5O. POLICEINTELLIGENCE,--Doc. 14• MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGITLAR APPLICATION.—A well-dressed man, wh a. had some time been seated in court, suddenly entered the witness box, and addressing Mr Tyrwhitt in a serious tone, earnestly begged to make a statement, which he said Wou ld be found to contain matters of no common importance. He would be as brief as circumstances would admit. Fir st he must state that he had made the acquaintance some time ago of a lady of great attainments, but of no property -4 lady who in fact had so far sacrificed herself to her children as to reduce herself to complete indigence. He had me" a vow to her to see her through her difficulties, but being' as far as pecuniiry matters wore concerned, somewhat sited' larly circumstanced, he had suggested that they abe gid unite their fates and fortunes, tend make a joint effort to raise themselves into that position in society they were ell" titled to occupy. But ho found that he could not marry ;tie lady, as she had a husband, from whom, however. she wa s separated, but could not get a regular divorce in conse quence of being without funds. They had talked over Ill s matter together, and finding that marriage in Ireland vise a ceremony, in Scotland a declaration, and in England an affair of money, had come to the determination to form 3 union which should be binding on each other. At the sam e time they entered into the compact that if they failed to . raise themselves into a higher position they would com mit suicide. The drugs were purchased, and they continued together; but failing in their object they reconsidered their determination, and had resolved to separate and to O W tinue to exist. He now begged to hand over to the magi c ; trate the bottle containing the poison, as a proof that all rash resolves had been quite given up. Hero the Applicant gave the magistrate something wrapped up in paper. Mr Tyrwhitt--What is this—poison ? I d 3 not Bee am required to receive it. Take it to the police. The Applicant continued—This was the first part of case. The second was, if possible, of greater importanee' He was desirous of assistance in raising himself again i nto that position he once filled, and which he felt be ought to occupy. Mr Tyrwhitt—What has a magistrate to do with such matter ? Applicant—lf a gentleman of your large experience, in concert with the Earl of Shaftesbury and Sir E lewd 14t ton Bulwer, men who have studied life, and who are de e p ly skilled in its mysteries, will join with the all powerful press in this work, I cannot for a moment doubt that they at once decide on the value to be placed on my moral een dition and intellectual attributes. be Mr Tyrwhitt did not appear to think there wouli much difficulty in chat matter. He had no time to devote. to such aff a irs. H e cou ld no t answor f ur the decision of any other gentleman, and. as he had no control over the press he must refer the applicant to its conductors. The Applicant bowed and retired. The bottle, when examined, was found to contain some liquid of a pungent character. CO UN TRY DlAltJiE'd' ► LYNN—TUESDAY. At our market to-day th ere was a ver y s h or t su pply Ot _ . English wheat, which so ld s l ow l y a t a b out prev i o us ra_t t Bit - ley, beans, and oats m ove d cff at the quotations a 1 aeb_o 5 week. 3s 3 .White wheat 43s to 45 s I B ar l e y 3 8s to 4 g 0 .) to el Red.. 37s to 38s I Grinding • •` 23 5 ..... . Beans .34s to 36s I Oats 2lO t° . _ 01d... 36s to 38s I Peas ._.. ,5 to --- NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—TvEsDAT. The market was attended by a very small number of O i l trade to•day, and the business was languid, wheat ° f ly qualities making previous rates. Barley dull, and slight lower quotations. Malt inclined to be lower. Beau s al° cheaper, and peans unchanged. Averages Wheats, 38s 7d—barley, - 30s Od --bcallfh —s Od—oats, 21s ld—peas, —s Od. HULL—TUESDAY. • Since our last a fair retail business has been dens o il : the corn trade, and the transactions reported in cv show no improvement in English, while foreign has ? l i g h mended former prices. Choice old white, 46s to 47$ qr. mixed, 41s ; fine high mixed, 43s ; red, 36s to 3 9 s y e Lli e ti At our market to-day there was a f a ir supply of rins„ e y. wheat, in inferior condition. Prices were at is less h eav y - Malting barley in large supply. Beans and peas s sale. Oats in better demand. MELTON MOWBRAY—TuEsDA.T. iiesto The following were the- currencies :—New white vim e ; 42s Od to 45s Od ; new red, :388 Od to 41s per 3 6 6tc) :t. ; o beans, 37s to 43s for old; new sorts, 35s to 37s per "for barley, 32s to 34s for malting, and 28s to 30s pero ld ~ X 53 grinding; new oats, 21s to 24s Od per 24 stone; to 288. . A larger t how of wheat, barley, and SHEFFIELD—TUESDA other grain O ' da 1 , l t Fine wheats made late rates, with a moderate denla"„ai ti e inferior qualities were easier to buy. Other articles say as of late. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 1 8 6: 0 1 White ~.1750d to 1, . 0 j 17 I 1- Od to I°'' ‘2 l New red c . as ,i s o New white „ » „..16s Od to 't Od Beans If 7, . s ..15s Od to 1 , 0.1 2 Peas, per qr 40s Od to ~- 2 e 01 Grinding barley, per qr 3os Od t° 33, ..ocl ~,, Malting ditto, ~ .. 325 Od to 26 1 ''' Oats ____ ), Flotit, Is 5d to Is 9d per 14 lb. Foreign llail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Dec lg. ‘i Australia and Mauritius, via Sollibampton. ..... • l••• vie. Marseilles . ......... yolt. 5 ' Brazil and Cape Terds, by British packet.. ....... , eO , ..!g• Ciape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. lielena.•::', oo . lg` Cnina, Penang, and Singapore, via Soutbauipton. oo , via Marseilles • • . 1 ' Fedklaud Islands.. . • 1 9 .. • Gibraltar, via Southamph India (Calcutta), and Ceylou, via Southampton 12° o : 2/ via Marseilles.. • •pee, India (Bombay), via Southampton ... • . :n e e, via Al arsenics ............... Portuga1.... pee' 19 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ..... via Marseilles ....... pa. Newfoundland . • • Oporto and Vigo ................................ 21' U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet • . by U.S. F acket..... naee ,ri , by Canadian packeL•"-; lu. . W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... Dec' West Indies and Pacific ........ Bahamas (via New York) ..................... v peo `/ 9: Bermuda (ditto) c , Cuba and Mexico Births. w oell FRY,—On the 14th inst., at Manor House, Ilford, 1, the wife of Vim. Storrs Fry, Esq., of a diAughtt l ' I.' l * HANYEY.—On the 13th inst., at Widmor e, near Dr 0133070 Kent, the wife of Jameson Alers Hankeyt daughter. d° .p arlft REEVE.—On the 14th inst., at Fernwoed,Wicable Mrs. Reeve, of a son. - Thomas's nt pociLINGToN_cART, T . rr A ia t g is e a s i , 0 13 , Ryde, I. W., Colonel Poeklin t n, Assistant u l ' the master-General, Horse Guards, g to Harriet F l TERRY—GORY.—On R eldest ß y e daughter ony .. 0 0 f 11h Vice-Ad mi ral 13th inst., T W. Carter , C ' S : s tleY r e vrl ,Fre.rTryer,royf,Blvciale,6otothEßdiothy,alyotnfigesea,stteldWditisYst bhsrotienrgooef; Corry, Esq., of Weybridgo. _ Deaths. . :0 7 , e r d i BOWL R y c leul9 Jesse c o On the 12th inst., at Cambetwell, surl ~ of E w l i m bY ll E al q , Blillx F . E.—On the 12th inst., at Dublin, Joseph Burke, PI G • it s B t E° r Yl eFt r , YOa London, the l2th agedi: p s p l e:•ary. 'ea NST°. Grey, Esq. formerly of Bombay, and C' 11625 t." at Sr Leonard's-ort'S ' 'woe r tioll - Mo "E.—On the 13th inst., John Moore, of 20, Ja n town road, aged 66. , i ., A e ddieoelif SHERBORN.—On the 11th inst t .i., .. t 1 „ a e oh t Francis Sherborne, Esq., aged 7 ' . ~...---- 9. _ _____-- -:1- London : Prlnzed and rrt , ll9lied by WILLIA M A DP'C' 1 iF, Strand, Printer, at lon SUN Office ty Of No. 112, f recirot of the Sav o y . Strand, in :b e n the Co g° I*. Ill i d O c uez.—Thund a b DeCe t asr li,